The crypto and meme coin market is rebounding.
Top gainers in the last 24 hours include $FOFAR (+184%), $CUMMIES (+88%), and $CARLO (+68%). Even trendsetters like PEPE and Dogecoin are in the green, with the total meme coin market up by 0.6%.
Fartcoin ($FARTCOIN) is another winner, gaining 4.8% in the last day and 30% in the last week.
It’s meme time again, and we’re all for it, so let’s go over the hottest new cryptocurrencies that could go big in January 2025.
Don’t forget to DYOR and never take unnecessary risks. Meme coins are risky.
1. Solaxy ($SOLX) – Solana Layer-2 Raises $8M in Presale
It hasn’t even been a month since Solaxy ($SOLX) launched on presale, and it’s already raised $7.97M.
The Solana Layer-2 (L2) will solve many of $SOL’s problems, like network congestion, expensive transactions, and an insufficiently scalable ecosystem.
With zero downtime, even during periods of high traffic, Solaxy aims to become the fastest chain ever. It’s also the only Solana L2 in existence, so it has a first-mover advantage.
The project is receiving a lot of attention at the moment. A whale bought $158K $SOLX on New Year’s Eve, showing increasing interest from big crypto players.
Traders have already staked 2.5B tokens for a 445% staking APY, so HODLing long-term is definitely an option.
Many see Solaxy as Solana’s only chance to progress and scale beyond its natural limitations. Read the whitepaper and follow the project on X to understand the project and stay up to date with the latest happenings.
You can buy $SOLX for $0.001588/token from the official presale website.
2. Meme Index ($MEMEX) – First Decentralized Meme Coin Index Raises $1.5M
Meme Index ($MEMEX) is another strong contender for 2025’s roster of high-gaining meme coins. It’s the first meme coin index in the world, allowing you to invest in multiple coins with a single asset.
According to official info, $MEMEX will have market-wide exposure with one of the highest staking APYs (1500%) and four indexes to choose from, from low volatility to high risk:
1. Meme Titan Index
2. Meme Moonshot Index
3. Meme Midcap Index
4. Meme Frenzy Index
Community governance will be a key aspect of $MEMEX, allowing buyers to vote on project proposals and ecosystem changes (like adding or removing an index entirely).
The project has raised $1.5M, with a token price of $0.0148639, gaining exposure quicker than most predicted. This ‘ETF of the meme coin world’ is definitely one of the best meme coins of 2025.
3. Pepe Unchained ($PEPU) – Pump Pad Is Coming to 2024’s Biggest Presale
Pepe Unchained ($PEPU) was the biggest meme coin presale in 2024, raising a mind-boggling $74M before doing 3x from its listing price in two days.
The earliest buyers should have made at least 10x if they sold at the peak.
On December 28, the dev team sent a sneak peek of the upcoming Pump Pad on X, and it sent supporters reeling.
The Pump Pad will be similar to Pump.fun, a meme coin launchpad helping developers launch coins. As one of the foremost ETH L2 protocols, $PEPU could strike it big after its Pump Pad launches.
A CEX listing is also planned, though it’s unclear which centralized exchange the team is aiming for. Fans are hoping for 100x or 200x as Pepe Unchained gains more popularity and its utility kicks in.
Read $PEPU’s whitepaper and follow the project on X to learn more about it.
4. Best Wallet Token ($BEST) – Next Gen Wallet Token of 2025
Best Wallet Token ($BEST) is the native token of Best Wallet, a popular crypto wallet that lets you buy into all the top cryptos and meme coins from one place.
Its token project has raised over $6M since the presale launched in late November 2024, and it’s steadily gaining traction. With over 29.2K followers on X and the established reputation of its parent crypto wallet, $BEST looks like a winner.
Benefits $BEST holders receive include:
- Early access to new projects like reputable presales before they launch on the market
- Reduced transaction fees within the Best Wallet ecosystem
- Higher staking rewards for high APY gains in the staking aggregator
- Community governance to vote for key ecosystem decisions
Best Wallet has a detailed roadmap, and the future looks bright for the project. From advanced anti-fraud protection to the Best Card launch and a new staking aggregator, the upcoming features make $BEST a high-potential coin.
One $BEST token is currently worth $0.002345, and you can join the presale from the official presale site. We recommend you read $BEST’s litepaper to understand the project better.
5. Pudgy Penguins ($PENGU) – Fluffy, Cute & Up 600% in One Month
Meet the cutest, fluffiest, and pudgiest meme coin, Pudgy Penguins ($PENGU).
Inspired by the original Pudgy Penguin NFT collection that became an instant sensation in 2021, the coin continues that success story.
To understand how popular $PENGU is, look at its half a million followers on X. Back in its NFT heyday, it was featured by the likes of The New York Times and CNBC.
Now, the penguin A-team has its own meme coin, shop, and apparel brand on the marketplace.
Performance-wise, $PENGU had a stellar time after launching on December 17 for $0.003375. It reached a peak of $0.05019 on the same day, fluctuated a bit, and stabilized at $0.03 until now.
It’s currently the 5th biggest meme coin in terms of market cap ($2.2B), with a $377M 24-hour trading volume. The project is not only cute and fluffy but also wildly successful so far.
Read $PENGU’s lore, follow it on X, and decide for yourself if the coin has the potential to be a 2025 winner. We’re confident it can shine through the fog with enough community support.
6. Fartcoin ($FARTCOIN) – A Gusty 489% in the Last Month
Fartcoin ($FARTCOIN) is a coin made by an unknown developer who took inspiration from AI conversations on the Truth Terminal, a crypto AI chatbot.
Basically, an AI chatbot came up with the idea for Fartcoin, a developer created it, and then sold his allocation for $500.
Now, $FARTCOIN has no core team and no one in control but holds a market cap of $1.36B. Truth Terminal is essentially the first AI billionaire.
Looking at Fartcoin’s performance shows a magnificent climb of 2,725,393% in over two months. And remember, no one’s controlling this rogue ship.
As originally defined by the Truth Terminal, Fartcoin should have community governance, ‘Gas Leak’ marketing events, a ‘Hall of Flame’ for the best Fartcoin content creators, and much more.
Naturally, none of those things exist (yet ?) because there’s no one to create them. There’s also an NFT collection mentioned, with concepts like ‘Fart Zodiac’ or ‘Eco-Fart Infographics’ and ‘Fart-Powered Vehicles.’
You can visit a Fartcoin X page made by the community with 48.7K followers and join the Fartcoin movement.
7. Gigachad ($GIGA) – Crypto Sigma Pumps 53% in the Last Week
Gigachad was launched on January 5, 2024, and proceeded to make 3,760x in one year, from $0.00002386 to its current price of $0.08971.
Inspired by the enormously popular Gigachad meme based on Russian bodybuilder Ernest Khalimov, $GIGA takes peak masculinity to the crypto industry.
With over 36.1K followers on X, the project is taking the industry by storm in an unapologetic, definitely-hyper-masculine, and sigma-approved manner.
$GIGA holders dub themselves …drumrolls… Gigachads. They’re one of the most united communities we’ve seen.
The ‘Gigachad Thesis’ says you need to be a high-testosterone, bench-pressing, life-maxing Chad to invest in $GIGA. No ‘normies’ are accepted, but who’s to say what a normie is?
The tokenomics are incredibly simple – 9.6B total supply, immutable contract, and a burnt liquidity pool. As far as a whitepaper, there isn’t any.
If $GIGA sounds appealing, you can buy it on Coinbase.
Meme Coin Future Looking Better Than Ever
It feels like we’re repeating ourselves, but meme coins are back in the spotlight. Were they ever fully gone, though?
Not really.
Whether it’s Pepe Unchained, Best Wallet Token, or Solaxy, these new meme coins all have a high potential to make good gains in 2025.
But remember to do your own research and be extra careful about scam projects – meme coins are risky investments, and volatility is almost always high.
